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Democracy, emergency, and arbitrary coercion : a liberal Republican view /

"States of emergency are declared by governments with alarming frequency. When they are declared, it is taken for granted that their nature is understood. This book argues against this established view. Instead, the view advanced here, analyzes what makes emergencies different from other types...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sagos, Nick C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2014.
Colección:Studies in moral philosophy ; v. 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abstract
  • Introduction: Two philosophical ideals of liberal democracy
  • Constitutional democracy and the issue of emergency
  • Law & the concept of emergency
  • Lazar on emergency
  • Catastrophe and emergency
  • Institutions, rights, and emergencies
  • Appendix
  • Notes on methodology.